Bitter Burn novel · Chapter 18 of 24
Chapter 18: Fire on the Water
"That's Bridie's bell," I said.
"That's my bell," Bridie said.
"I rang it myself, so they'd think we'd panicked.
"Get the engine going."
She handed each of us a life jacket without looking.
She poured gasoline along the floor with the flat calm of a woman setting a table.
She soaked the rope coils and the paint tins and the old camp bed.
"Aunt Bridie."
"I've owned this boathouse thirty-one years," she said.
"It's mostly mildew."
She struck a match.
The fire took the planks with a sound like a held breath let go.
Heat hit my face, and Finbar pulled me by the wrist toward the water door.
The skiff sat on its slip at the back, nose to the bay, tank full.
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